title: [Cisplatin or carboplatin, that is the question].
abstract: Platine-based chemotherapy agents are major drugs in oncology and are currently used in most solid malignancies. Of these, cisplatin has been the most widely used over past years. Its efficacy and toxicity have been both well documented in the literature. Carboplatin has a rather different toxicity profile and seems to be better tolerated than cisplatin. This might potentially impact on quality of life. Carboplatin has been assessed for treatment of most malignancies in which cisplatin has demonstrated its efficacy. This paper aims at reviewing and comparing the current indications in terms of efficacy and toxicity of cisplatin and carboplatin. Although cisplatin has demonstrated its superiority over carboplatin for treatment of lung cancers and germ-cell tumors, the tolerance of carboplatin is better than that of cisplatin. This might be taken into account for patients treated with non-curative attempt. Further studies should compare both chemotherapy agents for quality of life. Of course, carboplatin remains widely used for patients who are contra-indicated for cisplatin.
authors.affiliation: Institut de cancérologie de la Loire, département d'oncologie médicale, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
authors.forename: Coralie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moncharmont
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Auberdiac
authors.forename: Adrien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mélis
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Afqir
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pacaut
authors.forename: Cyrus
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chargari
authors.forename: Yacine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Merrouche
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Magné
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000188:drug therapy; D010039:Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D016190:Carboplatin; D002945:Cisplatin